Lancaster History
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Lancaster History
This morning I came acrosss this picture in my fathers photo album, it is believed to have been taken at RAF Watton. I have no date for it but he was there from about 1946 until 1951. The code appears to be W7/? and the serial is TW917. I cannot seem to find anything online regarding its unit, history etc and I also wondered about the colour scheme. Is this normal for post war Lancasters?
If anyone has any information on this aircraft I would be very interested to hear from you.
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QP
If anyone has any information on this aircraft I would be very interested to hear from you.
Thanks
QP
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One of 15 Lancasters delivered between June & August, 1945. TW917 = CSE, Central Signals Establishment. Sold for scrap 17.06.1954.
Last edited by goofer3; 4th Jan 2022 at 18:28. Reason: Date correction
The colour scheme was, I think, that planned for Tiger Force Lancasters that would have bombed Japan.
Never used in anger but became common post war.
Never used in anger but became common post war.
Definitely Tiger Force colour scheme. See the photos of 35 Squadron's Lancasters on their tour of the USA:
Operation Goodwill 1946 (Merged)
I found another picture of TW917 which indicates that the coding was V7-C:
Operation Goodwill 1946 (Merged)
I found another picture of TW917 which indicates that the coding was V7-C:
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Dear fellow PPRuNers,
Many thanks for the info and the speed of the responses. I knew I could rely on this community for help. You have given me exactly what I was looking for and a bit more besides.
I have some other pictures from the same place that might be of interest so I will post in a separate thread.
QP
Many thanks for the info and the speed of the responses. I knew I could rely on this community for help. You have given me exactly what I was looking for and a bit more besides.
I have some other pictures from the same place that might be of interest so I will post in a separate thread.
QP
Follow up.
I was discussing Britain’s little-known involvement in Saigon in 1945-1946 with a Vietnam Vet friend and sent him a link of interest:
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/...ar-in-vietnam/
In the article is this photo which I had seen before but hadn’t paid attention to the Mosquitoes’ colour schemes.
I hadn’t known that the Tiger Force scheme was applied to aircraft other than Lancasters.
I was discussing Britain’s little-known involvement in Saigon in 1945-1946 with a Vietnam Vet friend and sent him a link of interest:
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/...ar-in-vietnam/
In the article is this photo which I had seen before but hadn’t paid attention to the Mosquitoes’ colour schemes.
I hadn’t known that the Tiger Force scheme was applied to aircraft other than Lancasters.
Last edited by India Four Two; 4th Jan 2022 at 18:57.
